27 acceptable living arrangement practiced by over ten million people.”
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Gorer emphasizes this by saying that “America offers no pattern for prolonged concentration on a single partner for the young outside
courtship and marriage.”
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2. HOMOPHOBIC
Stifler, as we can see in this film is very cynical to the homosexual or gay community. In their journey to Chicago to hunt Michelle’s dream
wedding gown, we can see clearly that this man who is obsessed to sex is a homophobia. He told it once to Finch.
Finch: “Hey Jim, let me handle this”. “They are my people”. American Pie; The Wedding. 20:37
Stifler: “They are gay?” American Pie; The Wedding. 20:40 Finch: “No, imbleeding imbesil”. “They have style, the culture,
sophisticated”. American Pie; The Wedding. 20:41
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28 Stifler: So they are gay” American Pie; The Wedding. 20:46
Stifler’s homophobia emphasizes by the scenery that showed all of
them stumble a bar in Chicago looking for Leslie Summer, the wedding gown designer. At first Stifler did not notice that the bar he and his friends
entered is a gay bar. Then he got much panicked after knowing where he at.
Jim: “How did you brave to check out a gay bar?” American Pie; The Wedding. 19:13
29 Stifler: “We really don’t wanna talk about it right now”. “I just
wanna go home”. American Pie; The Wedding. 19:13
Stifler’s fear reaction to gay community can be understood by the audience because he says many unapproppriate words to them as the gay
man says to Stifler to get out of the bar because of his loudmouthed tongue. The homophobic vibe in this film is an indication that permeates
American youth attitude towards gay community.
3. MATERIALISM
American Pie contents of materialism issue in United States. For Americans, what are they going to wear in a party is very essentials,
especially in a very special occasion like wedding party. So, we can see why is Michelle’s wedding gown must be designed by a well-known
designer. While Finch told Jim that Michelle had a problem in finding her dream wedding gown, Jim and friends arranged a road trip to Chicago
where the designer whom dress Michelle starves opens a boutique, all the long way just to purchase the gown and make sure that Michelle is going
to wear her dream wedding gown on her special day.
30 Michelle: “I cant believe it. They really gonna make a dress for
me?” American Pie; The Wedding. 28:35
However, in fact, United States of America is a very commercial society. Purdy and Knopf stated in the book ‘Being America. Liberty,
Commerce and Violence in an American world’ that “Calling Americans means that we are a commercial society. Our public life, our shared
entertainment and our speech have the shape of business, consumption, and advertising. We devote more energy than any other wealthy people to
pursuing, managing, and just contemplating money.”
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4. SELF-PRIDE
